APHRODITE'SFLAME-JULIEKENNER
FIRE & ICE
Mordi focused on Izzy. She was frowning at the Henchman she’d frozen solid with her superpower, concern etched on her face.
But was it really concern? Or was it all an act? He didn’t like it: the woman was the most intriguing he’d ever met, but he still couldn’t discount the possibility that there had been no other attacker, and that Izzy was simply trying to cover her own tracks.
Inside the auditorium, applause crescendoed. They were running out of time. “Call in a retrieval team,” he said. “And be ready.”
While she watched, binder cuffs at the ready, he gathered his power, took aim, and—quite literally—fired The Henchman defrosted, first blinking, then writhing about, bellowing at the top of his massive lungs. By that time Izzy had snapped the cuffs on him and jumped back. She looked at Mordi, her gorgeous eyes wide, and mouthed one word:
“Fire.”
He nodded. “Ice,” he said, referring to
her power. And he didn’t have to say that the two didn’t mix.
APHRODITE'SFLAME-JULIEKENNER
FIRE & ICE
Mordi focused on Izzy. She was frowning at the Henchman she’d frozen solid with her superpower, concern etched on her face.
But was it really concern? Or was it all an act? He didn’t like it: the woman was the most intriguing he’d ever met, but he still couldn’t discount the possibility that there had been no other attacker, and that Izzy was simply trying to cover her own tracks.
Inside the auditorium, applause crescendoed. They were running out of time. “Call in a retrieval team,” he said. “And be ready.”
While she watched, binder cuffs at the ready, he gathered his power, took aim, and—quite literally—fired The Henchman defrosted, first blinking, then writhing about, bellowing at the top of his massive lungs. By that time Izzy had snapped the cuffs on him and jumped back. She looked at Mordi, her gorgeous eyes wide, and mouthed one word:
“Fire.”
He nodded. “Ice,” he said, referring to her power. And he didn’t have to say that the two didn’t mix.